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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people

Authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people

Bangladesh and Myanmar were on high alert on Sunday as an intense cyclone made its way toward their coastal regions, prompting authorities to strongly...

Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter. The outermost band of Cyclone Mocha, with winds of 180-190 kph (112-118 mph), and gusts of up to 210 kph (130 mph) per hour, reached the coast of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Sunday morning. By afternoon, the center of the storm was expected to make landfall near Sittwe township, which was under the highest weather alert, Myanmar’s M...

Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday said that Ukrainian forces made "mass attempts" to break through its defenses in the city of Bakhmut over the past 24 hours, Russian news agencies reported. "All attacks by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been repelled. There have been no breakthroughs of the Russian troops' defenses," Interfax quoted Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

The Chattogram district administration has stepped up its preparation to deal with the impact of Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to make landfall on Sunday.

The heat wave sweeping over large parts of the country is hampering the growth and flowering of vegetables, reducing supplies and leading to consumers being forced to dole out more in their purchases.

Farmer Anisul Haque, of Boailmari village in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila under the Chalanbeel region, started harvesting paddy last week, even though it did not ripen fully

A boy was tied to a tree for six hours and tortured on allegations of stealing a mobile phone in Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila yesterday